Sentences with phrase «power industry officials»

Power industry officials, however, claim they can limit emissions by building so - called clean coal plants and systems for capturing carbon.

Not exact matches

The coal industry was interested in ensuring that the Paris deal provides a role for low - emission coal - fired power plants and financial support for carbon capture and storage technology, the officials said.

Foes of a U.S. nuclear power revival continue to fight the AP1000 and have seized on a statement from NRC last week that cited new issues in the agency's design review — a review that industry officials had assumed was going smoothly toward a final decision this year.

The festive lights are partly powered by the Sun — at least, according to officials from the electricity industry, who are keen to persuade people of the virtues of solar power.

The government's commitment to wind power has been reinforced once again by raising the official target for 2020 to 200 GW, and the industry has responded.»

With the Calvert Cliff's project at a critical juncture this summer, Constellation signaled that it might compel EDF to purchase some coal - fired power plants, an option EDF's purchase agreement provided — a provision EDF hadn't expected to have to meet, industry officials said.

Local officials, charged with meeting aggressive economic targets for their region's industry, tend to ignore national environmental regulations, covering up spills and building new power plants behind the backs of central government regulators.

Well before the first 20 - year relicensing period ends, power plant owners will have to know what new components and equipment upgrades will be required to extend the lives of current reactors to 80 years, and how high the costs and regulatory hurdles will be, before deciding whether to take that route or decommission the plants and shutter them, industry officials say.

While Cicio's group hasn't taken an official position on what it wants in a new rule, some industry groups have advocated for limited standards that would establish efficiency metrics for power plants.

Students explore the impact of a plan to locate a new industry in a low - income neighborhood, then take on the roles of community members, business executives, and city officials as they advocate for and against building a power plant in a low - income minority neighborhood.

NEW YORK — Sales of diesel - powered light vehicles in the U.S. rose 13.5 % year - over-year in 2014 and have increased every year since 2010 as an industry official predicts, «Consumers are warming to diesels.»

Recently a coal industry official tried to divert attention from the actions that are needed to solve the climate problem by criticizing a specific paragraph in my testimony opposing construction of a new coal - fired power plant that does not capture its CO2 emissions (LINK, pdf file).

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Surprisingly, there appears to be a general lack of awareness about climate science among some high - level officials in the public power industry in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.

Industry leaders, regulators and government officials were unanimous in predicting a bright outlook for the wind power sector that has been growing at a breakneck speed in recent times.

After finalising plans to install a rooftop PV project atop the facility of Gulf Center for Soap & Chemical Industries (GCSCI) in Dubai, officials from the Abu Dhabi - based Enviromena Power Systems acknowledged that commercial solar might be on the verge of a boom in the UAE.

Meanwhile, Secretary of State John Kerry took his last official trip to Antarctica — to try to cool down the Trump phenomenon that is threatening the wealth and power of the UN and worldwide climate alarm industry.

Here's our quick, non-technical summary: COAL is by far the worst in terms of greenhouse gases, mercury and other conventional emissions, mining's impact, dangers to workers, and the industry's power on elected officials and the media.

You have the power to speak up and let your officials know what issues matter to the wind industry, and what actions they can take to expand clean, affordable, homegrown wind energy in America.

«We will mobilize locally to ask other cities to follow: communities have more power than is believed in resistance to the fossil industry, including through their links with the «Caisse des Depots et Consignation» who manages the pensions of their employees, officials and contractors.

EPA officials stressed that the agency was abiding by a US Supreme Court mandate — and said the new rule should not be onerous because it follows industry trends toward cleaner power plants.

«The cap assigned to Italy was excessively low and we have difficulty meeting it as our industry is already very efficient, especially our power generation system,» the official said.

So this is what Green Audit and other anti-nuclear campaign groups thrive on: distrust of both the nuclear industry and official health protection and regulatory agencies, allowing them to invoke shadowy conspiracies by men in white lab coats who presumably enjoy foisting dangerous radioactive materials on an unwilling public, all no doubt controlled by a sinister mastermind bearing a striking resemblance to Mr Burns off the Simpsons, the evil boss of Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.

The Environment and Public Works Committee has been gathering testimony from a wide range of witnesses (industry experts, military official, and faith leaders) to discuss the Obama Administration's Clean Power Plan.

Ambassador Froman's appearance at the Global Services Summit with Peter Allgeier, a former top U.S. trade official and now a spokesman for the services industry, illustrates the revolving door relationship between USTR and corporate power brokers.

Now, government officials from across the nation are asking the electronics industry to drop the suit, saying that it's not about a troublesome e-cycling regulation, it's about trying to take power away from the states to regulate e-waste.

Short of a de facto federal takeover of the power industry, with federal officials issuing specific instructions to each plant, how was this conundrum to be resolved?

According to agency officials, industry representatives, and some environmentalists, the new rules will have a limited effect on industrial power plants, which are by far the biggest polluters.

But E.P.A. officials argue that the carbon capture technology has been used in several locations and that a review of the industry over the past year proves that owners of new coal - fired power plants can meet the new standards as required by the act.

Once the rule is released, AWEA will work with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) to update A Handbook for the States: Incorporating renewable energy into state compliance plans for EPA's Clean Power Plan, a handbook first published in March 2015 that educates state officials about the benefits of using renewable energy as a compliance tool.

As Samsung has already announced its Tizen powered Gear S, while industry is still waiting to hear something concrete about WebOS powered smartwatch by LG, as the information recently leaked on company's official site, we are expecting Google to reveal the next version (possibly 2.0) of their wearables OS.

App Developer — Sirius Fun Games, Detroit, MI — July 2014 — June 2016 • Responsible for the primary coding on the game engine behind «Silent Shooter 2» and «Mouse Hunt Guardian Power Battle» • Provided weekly updates to the production and marketing teams about progress in the coding and testing process • Coordinated testing scheduling with promotions to raise the profile of each app prior to release • Delivered feedback to team members about individual tasks in the software development processProgrammer — Genentech Industries, Grand Rapids, MI — July 2013 — April 2015 • Delivered custom coded app solutions for corporate clients using API resources already in play • Provided feedback about app security and constant updates to maintain a secure environment for users • Managed the needs of a half dozen client accounts at any given time, providing security patches and taking development notes from each • Wrote reports to Genentech officials detailing incursions and other possible problems for each client as they developed.